Prank/Easter Egg Ideas

rs2sensen · rs2sensen #1 (**permalink**)

08-04-2005, 03:40 AM

Alright, in a couple days, I'm 2 G3 Powermacs to friends who have purchased them from me. Me and these friends often like to play pranks on each other, and I am looking for ideas of things I can do with Macs. Some of it will be prank kinda things, others will just be little "easter eggs." I don't want to do anything that will be harmful to the equipment, just fun stuff. So far, I just have a couple things set.

There is a pair of purple lace panties with a whistle attached in one of the powermacs.

I have a sound file set to randomly play on certain iCal days (I know he won't use iCal, so they'll be relatively hidden).

At some point, I'm going to invert the colors on his monitor (ctrl+option+cmd+8), but I want him to see it working first.

What other ideas do u all have?

Aptmunich · Aptmunich #2 (**permalink**)

08-04-2005, 06:27 AM

How about hiding all icons and the dock and then set a windows desktop screenshot as the background...

To hide the icons (incl. harddrive), remove the ticks in the finder preferences. To hide the dock hit command, option + d

macAttack · macAttack #3 (**permalink**)

08-04-2005, 02:02 PM

http://www.macmerc.com/sections.php?...icle&artid=104

badmojo · badmojo #4 (**permalink**)

08-04-2005, 03:13 PM

This is a good prank but I'm not sure if it can be done on a mac. Take a screenshot of a plain desktop and use it as the wallpaper. They'll go crazy trying to figure out why the icons don't work.

crazed44 · crazed44 #5 (**permalink**)

08-08-2005, 04:11 PM

i wish i could find stuff like that on windows then i could mess with my XP loving friends...

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #6 (**permalink**)

08-08-2005, 04:23 PM

There is some great XP hacks... Many of them more permanent than the Mac versions and are called Viruses... LOL

Seriously though... just google for XP pranks... there is some great stuff out there... You just have to be careful because some of them can be really hard to get rid of. Here is one link:

http://www.computerpranks.com/

Aptmunich #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Munich Posts: 9,075 Mac Specs: Aluminium Macbook 2.4 Ghz 4GB RAM, SSD 24" Samsung Display, iPhone 4, iPad 2	08-04-2005, 06:27 AM How about hiding all icons and the dock and then set a windows desktop screenshot as the background... To hide the icons (incl. harddrive), remove the ticks in the finder preferences. To hide the dock hit command, option + d Mac-Forums Twitter \| Mac-Forums Blog My Twitter \| Jetplane Journal
	QUOTE Thanks

sarahsboy18 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	08-08-2005, 04:23 PM There is some great XP hacks... Many of them more permanent than the Mac versions and are called Viruses... LOL Seriously though... just google for XP pranks... there is some great stuff out there... You just have to be careful because some of them can be really hard to get rid of. Here is one link: http://www.computerpranks.com/ "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
	QUOTE Thanks

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
smashed backlight any ideas?	Dexter1912	Schweb's Lounge	0	05-30-2005 07:03 AM
New iPod Ad Ideas?	Gamer	iPod Hardware and Accessories	3	09-20-2004 04:32 PM
Slow loaders, any ideas?	indykid	Schweb's Lounge	2	09-01-2004 06:01 PM
Going For The Gold -g5 Ideas?	mkwick	OS X - Operating System	2	11-27-2003 02:49 PM
Switcher Campaign Ideas for MUGs	schweb	Apple Rumors and Reports	0	02-26-2003 02:52 PM

Prank/Easter Egg Ideas

Internet Services

Web Development

Digital Marketing

Consumer Tech

rs2sensen #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 20, 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,416 Mac Specs: 1.67 Ghz 17" PB w/1 GB Ram; 400 MHz PM G4, 366Mhz iBook Firewire, Nano 4GB Black	08-04-2005, 03:40 AM Alright, in a couple days, I'm 2 G3 Powermacs to friends who have purchased them from me. Me and these friends often like to play pranks on each other, and I am looking for ideas of things I can do with Macs. Some of it will be prank kinda things, others will just be little "easter eggs." I don't want to do anything that will be harmful to the equipment, just fun stuff. So far, I just have a couple things set. There is a pair of purple lace panties with a whistle attached in one of the powermacs. I have a sound file set to randomly play on certain iCal days (I know he won't use iCal, so they'll be relatively hidden). At some point, I'm going to invert the colors on his monitor (ctrl+option+cmd+8), but I want him to see it working first. What other ideas do u all have?
	QUOTE Thanks

badmojo #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	08-04-2005, 03:13 PM This is a good prank but I'm not sure if it can be done on a mac. Take a screenshot of a plain desktop and use it as the wallpaper. They'll go crazy trying to figure out why the icons don't work.
	QUOTE Thanks

crazed44 #5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	08-08-2005, 04:11 PM i wish i could find stuff like that on windows then i could mess with my XP loving friends...
	QUOTE Thanks

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)